Emoia caeruleocauda

Emoia caeruleocauda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. caeruleocauda
Binomial name
Emoia caeruleocauda (De Vis, 1892)
Synonyms
Mocoa caeruleocauda De Vis, 1892 Lygosoma cyanurum werneri T. Vogt, 1912 Lygosoma werneri triviale Schüz, 1929 Emoia triviale — Schmidt, 1932 Lygosoma werneri — Angel, 1935 Emoia werneri — Parker, 1936 Emoia caeruleocauda — Greer, 1974

Emoia caeruleocauda, commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink or Pacific blue-tail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific.

Geographic range

E. caeruleocauda is found widespread from eastern Indonesia (from Sulawesi to east and south) through southern Philippines and New Guinea (Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea) and the Solomon Islands northward into the Marianas, Carolines, and Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu, and Guam. It has been reported from Borneo but the IUCN considers this doubtful.

Habitat

Emoia caeruleocauda is essentially terrestrial but it can ascend to forage in low scrub and climb a little distance up tree trunks. It is a lowland species that still can be found as high as 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level.

Further reading

• Das I. 2006. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Emoia caeruleocauda, p. 110).
• De Vis CW. 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea. Part 1. Vertebrata. Annals of the Queensland Museum 2: 1–24. (Mocoa caeruleocauda, new species).